Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

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• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's tor

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an ol

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it,